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“You do,” I assured him quite calmly. “That is why I am here.”432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkpExkOSlt4
“How are you acquainted with any of them?” He asked quite seriously, and only432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCV43yHZLOK
then did his eyes seem to notice my hair, which was blue all over except for its still432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKAKTxxemzd
black tips. “You’re quite the odd one.” He admitted, while he was far from what anyone432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡowbRJIwdfp
would deem as ´normal´. “And I do not need my bigger glasses to see that.”432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrdWSdq6zZB
“Here. This is for you,” I tried to hand him my big notebook, the one that had been432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0rE6s8BmOw
resting safely beside me. Almost falling out of it was a whole compendium of drawings432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKfNlqwVvFz
and other poorly attached notes. “Father wanted you to have it.” I nudged it towards432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFa6TPU26QL
him. “He also wanted me to go with you.”432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgAjV73P3He
“Father, you say?” He cautiously asked as he refused the offer, “I am afraid I will have432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9KWxA3Fr1f
to doubt that. You see little one, I am not one with many friends, let alone associates.”432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9P71r6DTrE
He then took a few steps back “No, you must be mistaken. But fret not, you may432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrr1zAGOtdW
accompany me back to my place, if you so wish of course. After all, it is not proper to432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLKV9nTwprn
leave one so small and meek behind, especially in a place like this. Old Gorliochi over432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSoxMZBt4a3
there,” His eyes went straight towards that beast; this one was completely relaxed even432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhSdkGmGXmE
if its jaws kept finding one thing or another to chew on, “he can easily carry the both432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVpItOrpASb
of us for as long as necessary. He has been with me for many seasons now, lending a432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfkRGAAQdwg
hand in the carrying of all sorts of things.”432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyHDAnedy3A
He smiled, but it was a ruse that could not hope to work on the likes of one such as432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOi68pD2lNK
me. “Like all sorts of flowers and fungi that I so often like to come and find in these432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ64RlEViZm
parts... Or even -”432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡct1b6FhQto
“You are no mere flower picker or mushroom gatherer.” I said as I kept forcing that432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8SOl8wxKA8
notebook onto him. “Go on, take it. You are the Thinker-Tinker, and you are meant432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ24vz73imj1
to read it.”432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeigeIlzie4
A short silence stood between the two of us ...432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ14wpV8vhn
“Your father, who is he then?” He eventually asked, even if his interests appeared432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmaev86wqmn
to be dwindling the more he was going through those notes and drawings, “I know432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfauUDdot6B
many of the names inscribed here.” He kept confessing, as he tipped his glasses just432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ90pcYdeoeT
in time to prevent them from falling off his curved nose; and then he looked at me432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnNKlhxH9TF
with refulgent eyes: “Some of these people, they are in these drawings of yours as well!432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡouDNxquPrZ
And this man here; a Kharn. He is my friend. A dear one.”432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7rejOiqhIX
“That is Father,” I said to his amazement ...432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Nf2X65Y5j
A long pause took over his person.432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKfjpuH0gv3
Many of his past fears but also promises came to haunt him, and without a432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaQYqg8O2im
moment’s notice, his head became occupied with all sorts of questions and possibilities.432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBU40qIONqQ
There were so many ´If ’s´ and ´Buts´ and ´What’s´ swirling in his mind - and in432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX3YnQ3NKuG
the end all I heard him think to himself was: “This is likely to bring me quite the432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2KVnkjHWY9
unwanted trouble, but if there is any chance of truth to it, at all; of a real connection432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWI3ZfqEEUG
between this little one and that ol’ fool... What choice do I have?”432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHGv00EZKPB
“Who are you girl?” his eyes swelled up as he confronted me again, “and how did432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWbgjNcvFlu
you get your hands on all this?”432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDcR9oX4Drq
“As I said, all of it was wrought by my hand.”432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIFSOVAGHEg
“You wrote...” His eyes travelled between note and drawing alike “all this?432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIHBN23sHNB
What made you do such a thing?” He asked with his eyes now trembling with432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWzuCJpd5FJ
restlessness.432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡogExFtfTWH
“And then you will read it?”432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4iesU73UBj
“Oh, I most definitely will. The spark of curiosity has already been lit inside me.”432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCslOcMlCNN
He then reassured me further, “My interest has already peaked way past the point of432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTr9rhx1ZBg
arousal, don’t you worry.” And after he weighed all of it with both hands; “But I will432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmeKAA0mo66
have to do so back at my place. You understand that this is quite a lot to go through?”432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMOT1Uv39rz
“Quite,” I replied after I added a few extra notes I had on my person.432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTM2zEgoZzp
“Besides, I don’t have my reading glasses on me.” He added somewhat flippantly432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Z6bxki11W
“I mean why would I bring them; you know? It’s not like I get to meet little girls432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCd5man1bAQ
carrying tomes for me regularly.”432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu4APEPsNbX
I nodded in concordance, and then he suggested we should make haste. Insisting, as432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMoYHnllWbT
we made our way to that beast, that I should tell him, or rather prepare him, for what432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhJuaFivv08
could be in store inside that notebook.432Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsBSlNAUPjH
